Lennard "Len" Väljas (born 21 November 1988) is a Canadian former cross-country skier. He was born in Toronto, and is of Estonian descent.Randy Starkman, Toronto cross-country skiing ace reaching new heights, thestar.com, 1 December 2011 He is the younger brother of Canadian beach volleyball Olympian Kristina May.
Väljas competed at the sprint event at the World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo where he placed 15th.
Väljas achieved his first podium finish on the World Cup on March 7, 2012, in a Sprint Classic races in Drammen, Norway.
He announced his retirement from cross-country skiing in March 2019.
Cross-country skiing results All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).
Olympic Games Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2014 26 — — — 36 12 — 2018 30 — — — 7 9 8
World Championships Year Age 15 km individual 30 km skiathlon 50 km mass start Sprint 4 × 10 km relay Team sprint 2011 23 48 — — 15 12 — 2013 25 — —— 40 12 — 2015 27 — — — 14 10 13 2017 29 — — — 48 12 6 2019 31 47 — — 50 12 10
World Cup
Season standings Season Age Season standingsSki Tour standingsOverallDistanceSprintNordicOpeningTour deSkiWorld CupFinalSki TourCanada 2009 21 — — — 2011 23 90 — 48 — — 2012 24 28 49 12 29 — 14 2013 25 23 43 8 23 48 2014 26 — — — 2015 27 74 33 71 2016 28 73 35 2017 29 41 16 48 54th 2018 30 44 — — 2019 31 — 38
Individual podiums
5 podiums – (1 , 4 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place1 2011–12 7 March 2012 Drammen, Norway 1.2 km Sprint C World Cup 2nd2 14 March 2012 Stockholm, Sweden 1.0 km Sprint C Stage World Cup 3rd3 17 March 2012 Falun, Sweden 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 3rd4 2012–13 1 January 2013 Val Müstair, Switzerland 1.4 km Sprint F Stage World Cup 3rd5 5 January 2013 Val di Fiemme, Italy 15 km Mass Start C Stage World Cup 2nd
Team podiums 1 victory – (1 ) 2 podiums – (1 , 1 ) No. Season Date Location Race Level Place Teammate(s)1 2016–17 15 January 2017 Toblach, Italy 6 × 1.3 km Team Sprint F World Cup 1st Harvey2 22 January 2017 Ulricehamn, Sweden 4 × 7.5 km Relay C/F World Cup 3rd Kershaw / Harvey / Johnsgaard
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